With Vedic chants, Revanth Reddy sworn in as Telangana CM; Know about ex-ABVP karyakarta within Congress
A seasoned politician and Lok Sabha MP from Malkajgiri, Revanth Reddy has been a pivotal figure in Telangana politics. His transition from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to the Congress in 2017 marked a significant shift in the state"s political dynamics.
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With the Vedic chant, Anumula Revanth Reddy on Thursday took oath as Chief Minister of Telangana, becoming the first Congress CM of the youngest state in India. The swearing-in ceremony of the new government took place at Hyderabad's LB Stadium. Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu also took oath as the Deputy CM of the state that was formed in the year 2014.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi were present for the swearing-in ceremony. Party leader Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu also took part in the occasion.
Soon after taking oath as the first Congress Chief Minister of the young state, Revanth Reddy, took a cabinet meeting on the same day. His comment on former Telangana CM made during the ceremony sparked controversy. He had reportedly said that the former CM KCR has Bihari DNA. His remark received severe criticism from the BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad who also demanded an apology from the newly sworn in Telangana CM.
The Congress wrested power from the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) in the recent Assembly polls and won 64 out of the total 119 seats. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which ruled India's youngest state for 10 years, won 38 seats. The BJP won eight seats, and AIMIM got seven.
But who is Revanth Reddy
Anumula Revanth Reddy began his political career as a Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) member, and later joined the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS).
In 2006, he quit the TRS after he was denied a ticket to contest polls in the then undivided Andhra Pradesh. He then became a Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency member, and later an MLC in 2008 as an Independent.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu recognised Revanth Reddy for his articulation skills and political jibes he greeted his opponents with — resulting in Revanth getting elected twice from Kodangal assembly constituency on a TDP ticket, in 2009 and 2014.
In the 2015 Telangana MLC elections, he faced allegations in the cash-for-vote scam. With Naidu and TDP's declining influence in Telangana after the state's bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh, Reddy switched to the Congress in 2017. He secured a Lok Sabha seat from the Malkajgiri constituency in 2019. In July 2021, he was promoted from the working president of the state Congress committee to the position of Congress president.